episode_0213

“Ugh, ugh… !”

Elin’s moans of pain fill the space.

I felt like I was going crazy from the pain I had never felt before.

“Black… . Huh… .”

Even though I didn’t want to, tears kept flowing.

My clothes are already soaked with sweat and I feel uncomfortable.

A child I loved until just a moment ago.

To the point where I feel resentful now.

He prayed with a groan that was almost a scream.

Come out quickly, baby.

Otherwise, Mom… … .

“You need to come to your senses!”

Chop chop-!

The moment when my vision starts to blur.

Julie, who was helping him from the side, lightly slapped him on both cheeks.

Luke Bucklin’s wife and a hero of the Empire.

It would be absurd if it were true.

Anyone who looked at Elin’s increasingly pale face would understand.

“If you faint now, both the child and the mother will be in danger.”

Julie is sweating profusely.

After barely holding onto Elin’s sanity.

He gave instructions to the maids who had come out of the orphanage together.

“Hey, hurry up and bring me some more towels.”

“Okay.”

“You also bring the pain relief potion that Dien made.”

“Ugh, yeah!”

Most of them learned midwifery.

In fact, I once helped my sister who was pregnant at an orphanage.

I have some experience.

I was also proud of my skills.

“Haak… Ugh… .”

“Please… .”

This is my first time giving birth so difficultly.

While I was waiting for the maid to bring me a pain relief potion, my feet were stamping.

Flash-

A light burst out in one corner.

For a moment Julie didn’t realize what had happened.

“Ah… .”

Ellen felt smart.

What just exploded wasn’t light, but Luke’s mana.

The portal opened and closed too quickly for it to be visible.

“Elin, is Elin okay?”

How urgent it was.

Luke appeared, gasping for breath.

Although I was taking classes at the academy.

As soon as I heard the news of Elin’s labor pains, I quickly opened a portal and flew in.

“That, that’s… .”

Julie stutters.

Ellin, drenched in sweat and with a pained expression on her face.

It was immediately clear that things were not going so smoothly.

“What are you doing now?”

“Yes, yes?”

“Aren’t you waiting for something?”

“Ah…! That’s right. I need to get a pain relief potion from Dien right now… .”

“I’ll be back.”

Exactly!

Luke snapped his fingers.

My head starts spinning and my vision expands to the main building of the Bucklin mansion.

Spatial awareness is a magic that requires a price from the user the more it is expanded.

Gulp.

But because I opened it too quickly, my nose started bleeding.

There was no time to worry about that right now.

“Found it.”

I caught a maid running towards me with a potion spread out like a net.

Shu-

Luke opened a portal and appeared in front of the maid.

“Gasp, gasp… Ugh. Dad?”

“Is that what you just got from Senior Dien?”

“Huh? Oh, that’s right.”

“Then let’s move.”

Without giving me time to answer.

Luke lifted the maid up and snapped his fingers.

Pot-

Luke returns to Julie’s side again.

I patted the back of the maid, who was dumbfounded.

“Please give Elin the potion.”

“Keuheup… !”

“Yes, yes!”

But the maid was dumbfounded by what happened so suddenly.

I came to my senses when I heard Elin’s groaning as if she was about to collapse.

“Take it slow… !”

Gulp, gulp.

A potion that goes down Elin’s neck.

Although about half of it flowed down the side.

“Whew… Huah… .”

It seems that there is a reason why Dien is called the best alchemist in the empire.

My breathing, which had been interrupted, returned to normal.

“Honey, honey… .”

As soon as she gets a shred of free time, Elin looks for Luke.

“I’m here.”

Luke walked straight up to her and knelt down.

“Ugh… I think I’m going to die… Hold my hand.”

“It’s okay. You can do it, honey. I’ll be there for you.”

Kwak.

Luke grabbed Elin’s hand with all his might.

Then, Ellin’s face gradually stabilized.

Julie shouted as she noticed her complexion gradually returning.

“Okay! Are you trying again?”

“Keuheup… !”

“Head is showing. Just a little more… !”

“Ugh… !”

Elin, who was holding Luke’s hand as if it was going to break.

I thought it was the last time and tightened my lower abdomen.

“Ugh… .”

My vision went white and stars popped up before my eyes.

The voices around me grew distant, accompanied by a feeling of great exhaustion.

When you scream so much that your throat tastes like metal.

“Congratulations. At 16:34, you gave birth to a healthy daughter!”

Following Julie’s voice full of laughter.

“Eww-!”

I heard a very loud cry.

The maids immediately washed the child with lukewarm water.

Julie turned to Luke, wiping the sweat off her face.

Clearly, just a few years ago, he was a good man who donated a lot to orphanages.

Now, it’s not enough that I’m a boss.

“Congratulations, Dad. You are now a real dad.”

I even became a parent to a child.

This is a very touching moment for Julie.

What about the parties involved?

“Ha, haha… .”

Luke let out a breath he had been holding without realizing it.

I looked at the child being washed in the arms of the maids.

In the past, it was thought that all newborn babies looked the same.

I always wondered how parents could possibly know their own children.

“… Our daughter.”

I couldn’t help but notice it when I saw it in person.

Anyone who looks at it will be dumbfounded at the daughter born between Luke and Elin.

I quickly turned my head to Elin.

“What will you name it?”

I’ve been putting it off because I’ve been worrying about it until now.

Now we really need to come up with a name.

I tried to build it with Elin here.

“Uh… Name… ?”

Ellen’s eyelids are slowly closing.

The expression was extremely languid.

The voice was already buried in sleep.

“I have to decide on a name… but I’m so sleepy… .”

Swish.

The strength leaves my hands.

“I’m just going to close my eyes for a bit… .”

As the tension eases, I can’t fight off the drowsiness that comes later.

“Let’s just sleep a little and wake up and decide together.”

I suddenly lost consciousness.

* * * * *

How much time has passed?

Knock knock knock.

Elin lifted her lightened eyelids.

Until just a moment ago, I felt like I was going to lose my breath.

Right now, I feel like I just woke up from a deep sleep… .

“?”

… I thought so.

It was getting dark outside the window.

I rolled my eyes a little.

Luke is dozing off on the chair.

Knock knock.

I just lightly tapped her thigh.

“Honey? Are you awake?”

As if I pressed some button.

Luke jumped up and approached Elin.

“Ugh… What time is it now?”

“It’s almost 10 o’clock.”

“I slept for a really long time.”

“That’s understandable. You must be tired.”

Luke flops back down on the chair.

Ellen made her stupid hair into a question mark shape.

As my eyes adjust to the dark, I realize that this is a room.

It looks like she was moved to her room after giving birth.

Then where is our child whom we worked so hard to give birth to?

“Honey, is Julie taking care of our daughter?”

“… Yes? Are you kidding?”

Luke looks like he doesn’t know whether to laugh or not.

Ellen rolled up her stupid hair again to make a question mark.

“Somehow I felt like I was speaking too loudly.”

Luke, who was laughing, pointed to the seat next to Elin.

“Please don’t make loud noises and turn around slowly while you are sleeping well.”

“… Huh?”

no way.

Elin turned her head with that thought.

“Ugh… .”

I took a deep breath.

It was because the tiny and lovely baby was sleeping soundly.

“Isn’t it just so ridiculously cute?”

“… Yeah.”

“You should be thankful to the maids. They took care of the baby while I washed and dressed my wife.”

Somehow, my clothes had changed into fluffy pajamas.

It seems like he received a lot of help even after losing consciousness.

“I’ll definitely say thank you tomorrow. Honey, thank you so much today too.”

“What did I do that you’re saying?”

“He brought me a pain relief potion, held my hand, and even washed me when I fell asleep.”

“… It was something that had to be done.”

Luke cleared his throat.

When I hear that, it turns out there was a lot going on.

“But why are you sitting there, honey? You must be tired. Why don’t you lie down next to me?”

“I’m a little scared.”

“What?”

“I was worried that it might break if I got too close.”

“What?”

“Phew,” Ellin said, bursting into laughter.

He muttered quietly, then frowned as if his stomach hurt.

“Keuheu… Don’t make me laugh. I’m still sick.”

“This is not a joke. What if I accidentally crush it while sleeping?”

“That can’t be true. Lie down quickly. Your breathing is really cute, and your smell is amazing.”

“Hmm.”

I honestly intended to sleep in the chair today.

Unable to resist Elin’s urging, I climbed into bed.

Of course, there was plenty of space.

Well, how much would a newborn do if he took up space?

“Why are you so far away? Come a little closer.”

Still, Luke insisted on hanging on the edge of the bed.

“Close enough.”

“If the wind blows, it’ll fall down. What the… Is the person who caught the devil so afraid of his own child?”

Elin lets out a snicker.

Having once saved the world.

It was so cute that he said he couldn’t come because he was afraid his daughter would get hurt.

“If you don’t come, I’ll have no choice but to drag my sick body along.”

“… I’ll go. Just go.”

Finally, only after Ellen made a mild threat did Luke begin to narrow the distance between them.

“Isn’t it cuter when you look at it up close?”

“… Yes. It looks like it’s because my wife gave birth to me.”

“Honey, what is it that came from seeds?”

The two of them are laughing happily.

“I’m a mom. This day will really come.”

“I didn’t know I would become a father.”

“Really? You’ve never done it outside before.”

“… Isn’t that what you’re saying?”

While we were talking about this and that with the child between us.

“Honey, I told you something earlier.”

Ellen brought up the subject cautiously.

“What are you talking about?”

“Our child’s name.”

“Ah.”

Come to think of it, we had decided to name the child before Elin lost consciousness.

“Are you going to choose from the names you were thinking about? Or do you have something else in mind?”

Ellen and Luke had a lot of trouble deciding on a name for their baby.

Actually, I had already decided on a candidate in my mind.

“I just remembered something.”

The full moon rises high in the night sky.

As I looked through the curtains and saw the moonlight shining brightly on the child’s face, one thought occurred to me.

“How about doing it with Luna?”

“Luna Bucklin. It doesn’t seem so bad… No. It’s good. Our child’s name shouldn’t end up being so bad.”

Elin and Luke’s first daughter, born with the blessing of the moon.

That’s how Luna Bucklin was born.